Improvement in paper-ruling- machinery



Qq *United Nin new getter atwt I HENRY SUTCLIFF AND JOHN E. TUCKER.

Lette/rs Patent No. 84,390, dated November 2K4, 1868. I

UWPROVEMENT IN PAPER-RU'LING- MACHINERY.

The Schedule referred to inlthese'Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. SMITH, of Brooklyn, -in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Ruling Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will. enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a paperruling machine, to which my improvement ,has been attached.

Figure 2 is a detail side view of a portion of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding v parts.

My invention has lfor its object to furnish an improved attachment for paper-ruling machines, by means of which the paper, While passing beneath the pens,

- may be kept smooth, and free from folds or wrinkles,

so that the ruled lines may be uninterrupted; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine by which this is accomplished.

A is the frame of the machine, to Whichare pivoted the rollers B, around which passes the endless apron C, by which the paper to be ruled is carried beneath the pens,and to which motion is communicated in the ordinary manner. i

D are the pens, which are attached to the bar E, which is pivoted to the supports F, attached to the frame A, so that the bar E and pens D may be turned back out ofthe way when not required for use.

G is the large roller, which supports the apron O and the paper, while the said paper is being ruled by the pens.

H is the smoothing-plate, which is held in a slightlyinclined position, as shown in g. 1, so that its lower edge may press upon the paper to be ruled just in advance of the pens D, so as to smooth out the paper before the pens, and hold it smooth While being ruled.

Upon the ends of the plate H are formed square tenons, which enter square holes in the blocks I, so

`me, this 20th day of August, 1868.

as to preventthe said plate from turning While being used.

The blocks I are placed in vertical slots inthe supports J, and to their upper ends are swivelled the ends of the screws K, which pass in through the caps or upper ends of said supports, so that by turning the said screws in one or the other direction, the blocks I, and with them the plate H, may be raised and lowered -as desired, to adj ust the said plate to the thickness of the with them the blocks I and plate H. This enables the smoothing-plate H to be adjusted nearer to or farther om the peus, as may be desired.

The supports J are secured in place when adjusted,

by set-screws, O, which pass in through said supports- J, and press against the said bars M, as shown in ig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure `by Let- -ters Patent, is'- 1. The combination of the blocks I, supports J, and bars M, with the smoothing-plate H and ame A of the machine, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. Smoothing the paper, as it passes beneath the ruling-pens, by means of a smoothing-plate H, adjustably attached to the frame ofthe machine, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by WM. C. SMITH. Witnesses:

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

